At 48, Rejected 33 Times, I Built a $390M Company — Age Bias in Tech Costs Us All

When I walked away from a steady career at 48 to enroll in Stanford’s Entrepreneurial Studies program, most people assumed I was making a mistake. In tech, the unspoken rule is clear: if you haven’t taken a big swing by your forties, you’ve probably missed your moment. But what if that assumption is costing us innovation?